New Dell with Free Dos - $369

Thump

Computers are getting cheaper and cheaper and now
Dell's got a desktop model for $369.oo and it comes
with Free Dos in the box ready to install so you save
the price of the OEM operating system in case you
already have one. It's got a celeron CPU though and
comes without a burner but that's a pretty good price.
Here's the link:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dim30n1&cs=04&dgvcode=ss&c=US&l=EN

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SurfinShell23

Pretty good deal, but how much are those Walmart computers?

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SurfinShell23 wrote:

Pretty good deal, but how much are those Walmart computers?

A comparable one with a Sempron 1.5 is $298.oo
and the one with the Celeron is $329.oo with just
128 of ram instead of 256.
I expect the Dell is a better machine and the price
isn't too bad in comparison.

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Q

FreeDOS! That's something I'd've NEVER expected to see on a Dell!

-Q

nightice

Their contract with MS forbids selling a PC without an operating system - Dell obviously doesn't want to support Linux and enough people know DOS that it was bound to happen.

RN

Nah. I think you could build a cheaper PC.

SurfinShell23

Uh, some Dell's used to ship with Linux, nightice.

JackTheStripper

Woah, is that one of the worst marketing idea ever or what? LMAO

But then again Dell's quality = Linux quality. :-|

RN

Dells still ship with Linux.;

nightice

They do? Still, people are more likely to know DOS than Linux.

RN

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/ ... inux&s=bsd

JackTheStripper

RedHat? LMAO!

Oh shit, how must more retarded can they get.

nightice

Really, it's either Red Hat or SuSE for a distro created by a company offering support to corporate customers.

Q

This is DELL, you're expecting something blindingly brilliant?

-Q

nightice

That too. lmao One of Q's best quotes.

Q

We really need a "Best of WinBoards", there have been some great times and typings.

-Q

PS. Yea the last work was kindof forced.